In it's fascination with Italy, nurtured by all that was best in Florence, Rome and Venice, 17th-century France saw the blossoming of a new national art. Though Lully in his pomp might seem to have subdued the musical world of his time, the ensemble La Palatine has helped us to restore it in a quite different constellation - one that is far more diverse, overflowing with imaginative riches.
2 Cavalli: Xerse, Act I / Scene 10: Aria. Fiamma Che Accesa Fu
3 Lully: Ballet de Xerse, LWV 12, Act V / Final Entrance: Gigue Pour Bacchus
4 Lully: Ballet de Xerse, LWV 12, Act V / Final Entrance: Rondeau Pour Les Mesmes
5 Gatti: Scylla, Act V / Scene 1: Aria. Où Vais-Je ? Qu'ai-Je Fait !
6 Gatti: Coronis: Overture
7 Lorenzani: Nicandro E Fileno, Act III / Scene 3: Aria. Lassa Far Che Degg'io
8 Lorenzani: Ben Ti Sta Folle Mio Cuore
9 Gatti: Coronis, Prologue: Air
10 Gatti: Scylla, Act IV / Scene 3: Air
11 Gatti: Scylla, Act IV / Scene 3: Rigaudons
12 Bembo: Produzioni Armoniche: Air. Ha ! Que L'absence Est Un Cruel Martyre
13 Campra: Le Carnaval de Venise, Act IV / Scene 1: Sinfonia Orfeo Nell'inferi
14 Stuck: Méléagre, Act IV / Scene 4: Prélude de Diane
15 Stuck: Méléagre, Prologue / Scene 1: Aria. C'est Ici Le Brillant Séjour
16 Stuck: Méléagre, Prologue / Scene 2: Aria. Divin Père de L'harmonie
17 Guido: S'armi Pure Invitta E Fiera
18 Campra: Le Carnaval de Venise, Act II / Scene 3: Canaries
19 Stuck: Pur Ti Connobbi (Excerpts)
20 Campra: Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Second Entrance / Scene 7: Marche de la Fortune
21 Campra: Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Third Entrance / Scene 3: Air Des Polichinelles
22 Barre: La Vénitienne, Act III / Scene 5: Gigue
23 Campra: Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Third Entrance / Scene 3: Chaconne
24 Stuck: Héraclite Et Démocrite: Aria. Pleurez, Mes Tristes Yeux
25 Lully: Atys, LWV 53, Acte I / Scene 3: Aria. Quand Le Péril Est Agréable - Chansonnier de Maurepas: Baptiste Est Fils D'une Meunière
In it's fascination with Italy, nurtured by all that was best in Florence, Rome and Venice, 17th-century France saw the blossoming of a new national art. Though Lully in his pomp might seem to have subdued the musical world of his time, the ensemble La Palatine has helped us to restore it in a quite different constellation - one that is far more diverse, overflowing with imaginative riches.
